Awards for distribution in Europe!

KOE Europe presented its third annual sales channel awards to three of its distribution partners for their contributions in delivering sales growth and developing design-in opportunities in the European electronics market. The awards were made at KOE Europe's distribution sales conference held at Lake Maggiore (I).

(L to R) Raymond Sun - KOE Europe with Manuela Landsiedel, Guido Jäger, Judith Böhm, Klaus Hagenacker - MSC Technologies

During the conference, MSC Technologies was awarded best overall distributor for strong sales performance and design-in achievement, and great enthusiasm during a period of business transition. Arrow OCS was presented with the award for best new design win performance and Eurocomposant (France) received the best new 'Start Up' distributor award. In addition, MSC Technologies also received the accolade as the best distributor for design-in activity.

Accepting the award for Distributor of the Year, Judith Böhm, Product Marketing Manager, MSC Technologies said, "In what has been a period of change for MSC, it is reassuring to receive recognition of MSC's strong relationship with KOE and our customers. We pride ourselves in our ability to offer customers the right display products and provide value added solutions. KOE's display portfolio, commercial, logistic and technical support help to ensure we can achieve design-in success in a tough marketplace. We are very happy to accept this award as appreciation of MSC's performance promoting KOE displays."

Mark Stanley, General Manager, KOE Europe said, "Over the last year our leading distributors have excelled in finding new design-in opportunities and developing sales. Our European distributors provide an indispensable and valuable sales channel for KOE." He continued, "It is imperative that our distribution partners are motivated and committed to grow our market share and promote our industrial LCD line-up. MSC Technologies have consistently shown strong performance and the ability to find and convert new design-in opportunities.”

Arrow OCS was presented with the award for Best New Design Win. Commenting on Arrow's achievement in Europe, Susan Liu, Visual Brand Manager at Arrow OCS, said, "KOE has developed a strong reputation as a leading supplier of displays for the industrial market. We believe that the support offered by Arrow's team is making a significant impact on their success. Arrow is proud to be recognised for its achievement in KOE Europe’s distribution network."

French distributor Eurocomposant was awarded Best New Distributor. Julien Berger, Chief Executive Officer at Eurocomposant, commented, "Our French team has been extremely busy in driving KOE business in the region, pro-actively working on new design opportunities with our customers. I am delighted that KOE Europe has recognised our hard work with this award."

KOE Europe awards for 2013/14: - MSC Technologies - distributor of the year - MSC Technologies - best design focused distributor - Eurocomposant - best new distributor - Arrow OCS - best new design win